Rockaway Freeway & Beach 56th Place

Rockaway Freeway and Beach 56th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Goldie Maple Academy is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Beach 60 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, two of them community centers, and one place to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1964 and 1974, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Beach 60 St
860 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY · Q121
Within a walk
14 places
2 community centers, 2 playgrounds and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Freeway & Beach 56th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Beach 60 St, 860 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Beach 60 St A
    860 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Far Rockaway
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “The Beaches of New York City” (2011) by Simon Levenson at the Beach 60 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY, 890 feet away, for the Q121.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Beach 59 St/Rockaway FWY Q121
    890 feet
    Q121

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q121 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge at Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge & Beach 92nd Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-01 Beach Channel Drive Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 1-09 Beach 30th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11692
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
31
Police precinct
101
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere
Elevation
5 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1964 and 1974.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the goldenrain tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 community centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bethel Emanuel Temple Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Goldie Maple Academy School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cardozo Playground
    150 feet
  2. Arverne East Nature Preserve Nature area
    250 feet
  3. Arverne Playground
    350 feet
Show all 4
  1. Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk Park
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Arverne Library
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 57-17 Shore Front Parkway Older adult center
    590 feet
  2. Rockaway Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    590 feet
  3. Arverne Post Office
    1,040 feet
Show all 5
  1. Ocean Bay Community Center
    1,230 feet
  2. Ocean Side Apartments Community Center
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Beach 56th Place or Rockaway Freeway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.